what do you make of the fact madeleine albright's father was your professor? amazing one of life's coincidences, one of those six degrees of separation. i think that the professor had to be understood as somebody who really valued freedom. he was tremendously appreciative of what the united states had done for him and his family when they escaped, first as refugees from communism -- or nazism, and refugees from communism. he instilled that in me and i also know madelyn is a fierce defender of freedom. tavis: in this memoir, you talk a bit about this, and we will come back to this, that this book really ends where a lot of us hope it would begin. i know there will be another book that will perhaps talk about your policy positions and your role in government more intricately and intimately, but this is about your earlier life. that said, in a book written about you that you cooperate with, she writes a book and suggests that it is fascinating for heard that most all of your mentors have happened to be white males, starting with the first professor. i wonder what

what do you make of the fact madeleine albright's father was your professor? amazing one of life's coincidences, one of those six degrees of separation. i think that the professor had to be understood as somebody who really valued freedom. he was tremendously appreciative of what the united states had done for him and his family when they escaped, first as refugees from communism -- or nazism, and refugees from communism. he instilled that in me and i also know madelyn is a fierce defender of freedom. tavis: in this memoir, you talk a bit about this, and we will come back to this, that this book really ends where a lot of us hope it would begin. i know there will be another book that will perhaps talk about your policy positions and your role in government more intricately and intimately, but this is about your earlier life. that said, in a book written about you that you cooperate with, she writes a book and suggests that it is fascinating for heard that most all of your mentors have happened to be white males, starting with the first professor. i wonder what

precipitation today be madeleine albright a little precipitation tomorrow and wednesday.ool days and nights ahead. we are not going to get out of the 50s today. wroaf night lows lows -- overnight lows in the 40s in some places. we'll see our temperatures return to the low 70s where we should be for this time of year. we'll get more sunshine as we work towards the end of the week. current temperatures, we did drop off to 52 degrees here this washington. dulles is at 51 degrees. in cambridge, maryland, it is 54 degrees at this hour. rain showers moving through the area coming to us from the southeast. that is because of an area of low pressure off the coast. it is off the coast of the southeastern virginia pushing rain showers into our region. there is another low pressure system off to the north and west across the ohio valley. that does a couple of things. number one, it keeps the clouds in over us. they will be with us through the day today. it make it breezy between the two low pressure systems. our wind are blowing at about 15 miles per hour here in the tricycle and in

>> senator mikulski said at a recent event that she taught madeleine albright how to tweae. amar not we will propofol are republican -- tomorrow night we will profile her republican challenger. watch the profile stories and get the facts from david collins at wbaltv.com and click on politics. >> the baltimore city teachers' union is now tallying votes on a new contract. is the first of its kind in the nation. thousands of teachers showed up to baltimore polytechnic institute to accept or reject the contract proposal. some teachers try to hold up the vote, saying they need more time to review the document. tim tooten will have a live update tonight at 6. it has been a bloody day for nato service members in afghanistan. eight service members are dead after a series of attacks on the region, including four that were killed in a roadside bomb. the troops nationalities are unknown. at least 42 nato servicemen have been killed so far this month. nato says to senior taliban leaders were also killed. >> a double whammy of bad economic news tonight. jobless claims are up and home for

the possibility of a few scattered showers, madeleine albright a thunderstorm later this afternoon. a little rain in the forecast. morning commute will be fine here as you head out to the bus stop. let's get going with a look at our current temperatures on our max 2 system. we are currently 60 degrees. winchester, 62. the exception this morning seems to be frederick which is reporting a temperature of just 46. a little cooler off to the north and west. another mild afternoon and we are expecting temperatures to top out in the low to mid-70s. should be a nice comfortable afternoon. more clouds today and i mentioned the possibility of a shower or thunderstorm. you can see out to the west and the south into eastern kentucky. we have a little shower activity. that is headed in our intersection. we'll be a little unsettled here for the next couple of days as we'll have scattered showers and thunderstorms right through the middle of the week. mostly cloudy, mild for this time of year. scattered showers and thunderstorms return. 7 # degrees. there will be periods of sunshine today -- 73 de

and a panel of experts that did an enormous amount of work, led by former secretary of state madeleine albright. today's meeting brings us closer to a final product. the member states will continue to discuss and revise as we prepare for the summit in lisbon next month. defense ministers met earlier today to discuss middle reform and strengthening capabilities. -- nato reform and strengthening capabilities. we will be needing another aspect of the reform agenda after this. one critical element will be an emphasis on improving coordination between civilian and military operations. today, security challenges are rarely just military. usually, they are political, and always, they are both. they call for a contribution from a wide range of people from specialists and weapons specialists to experts. we believe no must harmonize and integrate its civilian and military capacities. that is something secretary gates and i are working on in our own government. one item not on the formal agenda was afghanistan. naturally, as its largest ongoing operation, there was much discussion. two key elements of the

the setup a situation as madeleine albright might call it of empowered diplomacy.hey have to choose between a shrinking economy and their nuclear program. >> as far as the settlements in israel, your thoughts on that. so many people see the expansion of settlements as a real impediment to peace in that region. >> here is whereby upon it and i agree. i think the administration has been more concerned about zoning issues in jerusalem and whether -- less about whether the iranians are building a nuclear bomb. the key thread is the nuclear program. with regard to israel, israel has been a stable partner of peace with neighbors that are willing to deliver peace. when the egyptians were finally ready to have peace, the israelis gave up the sinai peninsula and there was a true peace between egypt and israel. as well with the jordanians. the palestinians are divided between the president and the prime minister. they hate each other. with that divided government, how can the palestinians deliver peace right now? >> let's talk about your individual accomplishments. what have

the setup a situation as madeleine albright might call it of empowered diplomacy. they have to choose between a shrinking economy and their nuclear program. >> as far as the settlements in israel, your thoughts on that. so many people see the expansion of settlements as a real impediment to peace in that region. >> here is whereby upon it and i agree. i think the administration has been more concerned about zoning issues in jerusalem and whether -- less about whether the iranians are building a nuclear bomb. the key thread is the nuclear program. with regard to isrl, israel has been a stable partner of peace with neighbors that are willing to deliver peace. when the egyptians were finally ready to have peace, the israelis gave up the sinai peninsula and there was a true peace between egypt and israel. as well with the jordanians. the palestinians are divided between the president and the prime minister. they hate each other. with that divided government, how can the palestinians deliver peace right now? >> let's talk about your individual accomplishments. what have